Regulatory Alerts2026-02-04 | CFTC Staff Letter 26-04Added
CFTC Staff Letter 26-04: Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36
The Market Participants Division, Division of Market Oversight, and Division of Clearing and Risk withdraw CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36, originally issued on September 30, 2025. This withdrawal applies to all Futures Commission Merchants, Introducing Brokers, Designated Contract Markets, and Derivatives Clearing Organizations. The Divisions determine that market developments and operational experience regarding event-contracts have rendered the prior advisory moot. The letter explicitly states it does not create binding rules, amend regulations, or provide a no-action position regarding enforcement actions.
CFTC published 4 documents in the last 30 days — get each new one by email the day it lands.
CFTC Letter No. 26-04 Advisories February 04, 2026 U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20581 www.cftc.gov CFTC Staff Advisory - Withdrawal Market Participants Division Division of Market Oversight Division of Clearing and Risk To: All Futures Commission Merchants (“FCMs”), Introducing Brokers (“IBs”), Designated Contract Markets (“DCMs”), and Derivatives Clearing Organizations (“DCOs”) Re: Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36 Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is issued by the Market Participants Division (“MPD”), Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”), and Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR” and, together with MPD and DMO, the “Divisions”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”). By this letter the Divisions are withdrawing CFTC Staff Advisory 25-36 issued on September 30, 2025 (the “SREC Advisory”). 1 The Divisions believe that the development of the market for event-contracts since the issuance of the SREC Advisory and the experience of FCMs, IBs, DCMs, and DCOs who facilitate the trading and clearing of such contracts with the application of the Commission regulations have made the need for the SREC Advisory moot.
This letter is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by law by any party in any matter. This letter does not provide any no-action position with respect to a recommendation by any Division that the Commission initiate an enforcement action for failure to comply with the CEA or Commission regulations. Further, this letter is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create any new binding rules or regulations, or to amend existing rules or regulations. This letter represents only the views of the Divisions and does not necessarily represent the views of the Commission or of any other division or office of the Commission. Nothing in this letter is intended to waive any pre-decisional or other privileges that may apply to the Commission’s or Divisions’ deliberations or decision making regarding potential enforcement actions or potential rulemaking. 1 CFTC Staff Letters are available on the Commission’s website, www.cftc.gov.
2
Questions concerning this letter may be directed to Thomas J. Smith, Acting Director, MPD, tsmith@cftc.gov, Frank N. Fisanich, Acting Director, DMO, ffisanich@cftc.gov or Richard Haynes, Acting Director, DCR, rhaynes@cftc.gov. Sincerely, _______________________ Thomas J. Smith Acting Director Market Participants Division _______________________ Frank N. Fisanich Acting Director Division of Market Oversight ______________________ Richard Haynes Acting Director Division of Clearing and Risk
Sign in to read the rest — it's free
Source: Commodity Futures Trading Commission — original document
Summary generated with machine assistance and reviewed before publication; the authoritative text is the regulator's original document. How RegAlert works
2026-03-12
CFTC Staff Advisory Regarding Prediction Markets
2026-02-26
CFTC Staff Letter 26-06: No-Action Position on CPO and CTA Registration for Certain Private Funds and Delegation Arrangements
2026-02-06
Event Contracts; Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Action
2026-02-06
CFTC Staff Letter 26-05: No-Action Position on FCMs Accepting Non-Securities Digital Assets as Margin Collateral
2026-01-30
CFTC Staff Letter 26-03: Preservation of Legacy Swap Status in Internal Corporate Merger
2026-01-28
Revisions to Business Conduct and Swap Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants; Correction
2026-01-27
CFTC Staff Letter 26-02: No-Action Position on Timing for Implementation of 2024 Part 17 Large Trader Reporting Final Rule
2026-01-08
CFTC Staff Letter 26-01: No-Action Position for Bitnomial Binary and Bounded Swaps
More like this from CFTC
CFTC published 4 documents in the last 30 days. We email you each new one the day it's published.